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This is very strange just last saturday i was in PET-CARE the new store that opened in LONDON ONTARIO and i was considering buying my pet shepard AMBER a seat belt restraint at this present time in canada a real good one would go for anywhere between 65.00 to 89.00 cdn i be thinking its a super good idea
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If I still had my dog Lady, yes I would buckle her up. She was my baby, best friend, companion. She went everywhere with me. If I left her at home she would sulk, but it didn't take much to get her to make up to me. She was 1/2 Gordon Setter, and the other 1/2 was Saint Bernard & German Shepherd, she weighed 65 pounds and was THE BEST Guard dog in all of creation. If I told her to Guard she would. Some one could get close to the car or house, but if they put their hand on the door knob then she put up her hackles, bared her teeth and growled. Even I was scared the first time I saw her do this. Lady got lead poisoning when she was just two. The Vet brought her through it, but she had to have blood tests every month until her blood count normalized. So for three years we drove to the Vet. every month. She loved it. If the Vet and I chatted too long and didn't get down to business with the blood taking she would paw the table and *talk* to us. She never was a bad patient either. Even the very few times when the Dr. hurt her, she would yip and then she would lick the Dr's hand. Let him know that Yes he hurt her, but she knew it wasn't on purpose.

I have had two cats who were wonderful travellers in the car. They would wait until I patted the seat behind my head, then they would climb up there and curl around my neck and shoulders. OR if I told them to stay in the back they would. We had one of those trays that usually attaches to the outside, like they used to use at the old, old, old drive-in/car-hop eateries, but we had it on the inside. I had a cushion sewn on it and the cats would sit on that and watch the cars and people go by. Quite the attention getter. I also had them on leashes and walked them like a dog. They were wonderful to travel with.

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The only time that I take the dogs in the car with me, would be if I was taking them on holiday with me.
I do this when it's not peak season, so it is a bit cooler for them (weather wise)

I have a crate for them, so this stops the worry of them running riot all over the car.

Having said this, years ago when we got our cat, I took her to the vets for her kitten jabs, she was only about 8 weeks old, and I put her in a proper locking cat basket.
The vets apparently hadn't quite locked the cage when they put her back in, because as I was driving down the road, I felt the kitten jump on my neck, and curl up on my shoulder, it was very distracting, and I had to pull up as soon as I could to put her back in her cage.I know I was very fortunate I didn't end up crashing the car!

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I think that I agree with this in the case of those little, tiny dogs that could go flying if you stopped your car quickly, but my dog weighs 75 lbs. He's on that seat and he's not much going anywhere. He rides in the back and the only time he's in the car is if he has to be boarded if I'm going away or he's going to the vet. I am like the other posters who are afraid when they are behind an open-bed truck with an animal in it. I hate watching the driver take off and the dog slide down toward the end. It makes me so nervous. Another thing is the dog with his/her head out the window. Labs have ears that can get all sorts of goodies and it's really bad for them actually to have their heads out the window in the air like that. Just a note from the pet-care book!